Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Connor McDavid each had a pair of goals as the Oilers exploded for an 8-2 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday. The Oilers came into the game with the fewest goals scored in the NHL.

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“It is definitely good for the confidence of the group,” Nugent-Hopkins said. “We kind of put everything together tonight and things went well for us. We can’t get away from that now.”

“We’ve had a lot of tight, one-goal games,” Klefbom said. “It’s nice to see some of the players who usually don’t score a lot get some points tonight. I heard that 13 guys had at least a point for us tonight. It was a huge game for us.”

Pierre-Edouard Bellemare and James Neal scored in response for the Golden Knights (10-6-1), who have lost three of their last four games.

“Everything went wrong tonight, we weren’t skating, we gave them too many odd-man rushes and they’re a talented team and they take advantage of that,” said Vegas head coach Gerard Gallant. “Right from the start it wasn’t a good game for us. I thought we got a little better in the second, but it was a bad game overall.”

Edmonton got a good start with a short-handed goal six-and-a-half minutes into the first period. Klefbom converted a two-on-one pass from Jujar Khaira to beat Vegas goalie Maxime Lagace.

The Oilers made it 2-0 on the power play with just over two minutes left in the opening period as Maroon fed the puck from behind the net to Nugent-Hopkins, who scored his seventh of the season.

Maroon got a goal of his own just 57 seconds later, beating Lagace up high on a shot from the slot.